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Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (Resumed) (2 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 2 to Seanad amendment No. 48:In section 19(1)(b), in the inserted subsection (2A), to delete paragraphs (c) and (d) and substitute the following:“(c) include a statement by the landlord that the new rent is not in breach of subsection (7) (inserted by section 19 of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015),”.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (Resumed) (2 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 4 to Seanad amendment No. 48:In section 19(1)(b), to delete the inserted subsection (2C).

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (Resumed) (2 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: I would like to address amendment No. 3 to Seanad amendment No. 53 which reads:In section 19(1), to delete paragraph (b) and substitute the following:“(b) the duration of tenancy shall not affect the notice period required for termination by a tenant, which shall in all cases be 28 days.”. It is about notice requirements for tenants. What the amendment seeks to do is to change...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (Resumed) (2 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 2 to Seanad amendment No. 47:To insert the following subsection before subsection (1):“(1) Section 19 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (1), by inserting the following after “at that time.”:“Market rent is defined as the average price per square metre of a property with equivalent fittings and finish in the same municipal district...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (Resumed) (2 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 3 to Seanad amendment No. 47:In section 18(1), in the inserted subsection (4), to delete “, for the duration of the relevant period,”.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (Resumed) (2 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 5 to Seanad amendment No. 47:In section 18(1), to delete the inserted subsection (5) and substitute the following:“(5) Subsections (4) and (6) shall be reviewed by Dáil Éireann on the nearest date to the fourth anniversary of the day on which section 18of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 came into operation on which Dáil Éireann...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (Resumed) (2 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 6 to Seanad amendment No. 47:In section 18(1), after the inserted subsection (6), to insert the following:“(7) Any increase mandated by a review of the rent as referred to in subsection (1) shall not be greater than the percentage annual rate of inflation, or 5 per cent, whichever is the lower.”.”.

Other Questions: Adoption Legislation (2 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 8. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will reconsider the one year lead-in time included in the heads of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill, given that further delay for an ageing community of adoptees and natural mothers may result in missed opportunities for reunions. [42499/15]

Other Questions: Adoption Legislation (2 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: This question relates to the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill which, thankfully, we are on the verge of concluding. In framing the question, it is fair to say that the Minister has delivered this Bill in a manner which the adoption community broadly believes was very consultative and participatory. However, the one area that remains problematic and about which I wish to make a last...

Other Questions: Adoption Legislation (2 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: I appreciate that the Minister was pulled in different directions on this and that he was constrained by legal and constitutional issues. However, I have a general problem with the advice of the Attorney General not being published. If there is a constitutional impediment it should be addressed if we are to put the right of children to their identity first. This is another argument in...

Other Questions: Adoption Legislation (2 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: I accept the Minister's good intentions and bona fides on this. The Bill raised constitutional issues in terms of the Supreme Court ruling on the right to privacy of natural mothers and the one year lead-in period was provided for in that context, along with the veto. However, I understand that the one year lead-in time was not specifically part of the Attorney General's advice. Given that...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Law Reporting Project (2 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 20. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs given the publication of the Child Care Law Reporting Project, his views on the need to extend this worthwhile project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42500/15]

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: On this group of amendments, we must step back and reflect on why this legislation is even before us at the eleventh hour of this Dáil. It is precisely because the rental market has gone mad. The price of even a modest dwelling in any town is beyond the limits of those who have what we call a decent job. This legislation is supposed to be an effort to deal with that scenario, not to...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: The Minister of State's justification for not accepting any of the amendments seems to be tilted in favour of the big landlords. That is the only possible explanation for what he has said. He said the idea of deleting or, in the case of my amendment, reviewing the four-year clause would bring uncertainty for investors. I do not accept that is the case. If it does, so be it because...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: That is terrible.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: No, I think we are. I am trying to clarify that it is actually-----

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: Yes, but I think we are discussing my amendment - amendment No. 3 to Seanad amendment No. 47. I tried to ask the Ceann Comhairle. The way this is done is head-melting, but I think this is right. Unfortunately, I have a large number of amendments and I am working my way through them in this section. It is very difficult. Amendment No. 3 to Seanad amendment No. 47 belongs to the Socialist...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: Will the Acting Chairman clarify the position as it is just so confusing? Does that mean that all of our amendments to Seanad amendments Nos. 47 and 48 are being discussed now?

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: Therefore, we are just looking at the Seanad amendment numbers.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: As I have a load of amendments in this grouping, relating particularly to Seanad amendments Nos. 47 and 48, it will take me some time to deal with them. Our starting point has to be that housing in Ireland has been in crisis for the best part of 15 years. When the Government came to power it had an opportunity to begin to untangle some of that and deal with it but the opportunity was...